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gallagb

Jul 7, 2006, 01:48 PM

so- i'm using a friends machine

here's the problem

when i use safari
w/ some sites
(specifically amazon.com)

it will start to load the website
and then stop
the blue bar will be 3/4ths of the way across the screen and then just stop

if i click 'stop'
it will display about half the site - minus images...etc
and then sorta work- but not really-

BUT- in Internet Explorer- it works every time
havn't tried Opera or Firefox

i'm sure this is some simple 'allowances' issue
but i don't know how to fix my friends machine

he's using an
1.8ghz imac g5
512 ram
os 10.3.9
----

my friend is a pretty novice user
however i could tell him to try firefox/opera and he might be fine with it

however- i'd like to keep him happy on Safari

any ideas?
thanks

Killyp

Jul 7, 2006, 02:03 PM

Safari is a great browser, but it's not the most compatible I've found. In fact, it's pretty limited in compatibility...

I would suggest a move to Firefox. It may not be quite as pretty as Safari, but it works beautifully...

Passante

Jul 7, 2006, 02:13 PM

Try opening the activity window (look under the window menu) to see what the hang up is.

mad jew

Jul 7, 2006, 07:33 PM

Amazon works well with my version of Safari (admittedly I'm on the more recent 2.0.4). Maybe get your friend to try some of these tips for speeding up Safari (http://guides.macrumors.com/Speed_up_Safari). :)

dmw007

Jul 7, 2006, 07:57 PM